Concise Oxford English Dictionary


The Concise Oxford English Dictionary is probably the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 entries and 1,728 pages. Its 12th edition, published in 2011, is used by both the United Nations and NATO as the current authority for spellings in documents written in English for international use. It is available as an e-book for a variety of handheld device platforms. In addition to providing information for general use, it documents local variations such as United States and United Kingdom usage.
It was started as a derivative of the Oxford English Dictionary, although section S–Z had to be written before the Oxford English Dictionary reached that stage. However, starting from the 10th edition, it is based on the Oxford Dictionary of English rather than the OED. The most recent edition is the 12th edition, published in 2011.
Until 2000, it was the dictionary used on the UK game show Countdown.

Publications

English dictionaries

''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English''

Contents are derived from New Oxford American Dictionary.
It is a compilation of both Concise Oxford American Dictionary and Concise Oxford American Thesaurus.
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary contains entries from contemporary Australian and international English. Edited by Dr Bruce Moore, it incorporates entries from Oxford English Dictionary, Concise Oxford Dictionary, and the Australian National Dictionary.

''Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage''

''Concise Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary''

Concise Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary is published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in China. Online version became available in 2011.
Warmth Concise Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary is published by warmth Co/Warmth Publishing Group in Taiwan.
It is a two-way dictionary. Chinese translations are in simplified Chinese, with traditional Chinese used in comments. Chinese pronunciation is in Mandarin.
It is a version of Oxford Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary published by The Commercial Press. Publication deal between Oxford University Press and The Commercial Press was approved in 1983.

''Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary''

English-German dictionaries are two-way dictionaries published in association with Duden.

''The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary''

It is an electronic version of Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary.

''Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary''

It is a two-way dictionary.

''Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary''

It is a two-way dictionary.